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![]() "gregg" wrote in message ... Ed Rasimus wrote: Partially true. The F-104A was originally a high altitude interceptor, but in the hands of the 435th TFW/479th TFW, it was a very capable air-to-air day fighter. They developed a lot of the modern mutual support, split-plane maneuvering modern tactics for low-aspect air-to-air. The greatest production of the F-104 was the F-104G model and variants of that version operated by allied AFs world-wide for more than 40 years. A very capable nuclear strike platform as well as a pretty competitive A/A fighter, particularly in versions like the Italian F-104S model that had Sparrow capability. I'd say a very successful aircraft. I wonder how the 104G rated in Boyd's energy maneuverability analysis, and to what extent tactics mitigates such an analysis. "Nobody killed anybody with PsubS." Not sure who to attribute that too, but it seems to be lurking in my old memories of a Top Gun lecture. R / John |
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